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Editorial Muhammad Tabadkani (d.1486) dancing with dervishes. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. Source: Or. 11837, f.152. Language: Persian.
Editorial Husayn Akhlati receiving gifts. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. Husain Akhlati (d.1368) who was sent gifts by Barkuk, Mamluk King of Egypt. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'ushshaq ('The Assemblies of t...
Editorial Execution of a thief. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. Sultan Muhammad ibn Malikshah (d.1117) looking at a thief hanging. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers'). Image...
Editorial Mansur al-Hallaj (d.922) being hanged. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. Source: Or. 11837, f.48v. Language: Persian.
Editorial Mawlana Lutf Allah of Nishapur (d.1384) watching hailstones break his wine bottle. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. Source: Or. 11837, f.125. Language: Persian.
Editorial The Prophet and his successors. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. The Prophet with 'Ali, Abu Bakr, Husayn and Hasan. An eighteenth century North-Indian style miniature painting added to a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'ushshaq ('T...
Editorial Men preaching. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Khwaja 'Abdallah Ansari preaching: both he and his audience have removed their turbans and are gazing skywards. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript...
Editorial Sheikh Najim al-din Kubra. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Sheikh Najm al-din Kubra seated in a pavilion with companions, approached from outside by a king with his sword slung around his neck and bearing his crown ...
Editorial Khwaja Abu'l-Wafa struck. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. A young man striking Khwaja Abu'l-Wafa with a harp before several bystanders in a landscape. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the ...
Editorial Ahmad al-Ghazali and a youth. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran. 1590-1600. The mystic Ahmad al-Ghazali in a landscape surrounded by a number of youths, one of whom he is addressing. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century ...
Editorial Dismounting before a prince. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. A prince, riding in a landscape, encounters a young man who throws himself from his horse before him (illustration to the biography of Abu'l-Muzaffar Amir...
Editorial A prince and his tutor. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. A young prince and two attendants with his tutor on a terrace. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemb...
Editorial Decorated frontispiece. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. One half of an illuminated double-page frontispiece from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers'). Image taken fr...
Editorial Party of young men. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. A convivial party of young men in a landscape. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers')...
Editorial Adam honoured by angels. Majalis al-'Ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. Angels paying homage to Adam watched by Iblis (Satan). A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers'). Image taken fr...
Editorial Farhad before Shirin. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Shirin, riding with attendants, is offered a cup of milk by Farhad. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Ass...
Editorial Husayn Akhlati receiving gifts. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. Husain Akhlati (d.1368) who was sent gifts by Barkuk, Mamluk King of Egypt. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'ushshaq ('The Assemblies of t...
Editorial Layla and Majnun at school. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Layla and Majnun (Qays) at school. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers'). Im...
Editorial Outdoor gathering. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Convivial gathering in a garden. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers'). Image taken from ...
Editorial Majnun at the Kaaba. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Majnun at the Kaaba. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers'). Image taken from Majali...
Editorial Sultan Sanjar spies dervishes. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Sultan Sanjar, riding with two attendants, looks from above into a building in which dervishes are seated in conversation. A miniature painting from a s...
Editorial Young prince and a dervish. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. A young prince (Sultan Bayazid Bistami?) conversing with a dervish in a building outside which are another dervish and two young men. A miniature painting ...
Editorial Prince overseeing an execution. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Mounted prince supervising the execution of Amir Sayyid 'Imad al-din Nasimi. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al...
Editorial Sheikh Dhu'l-Nun and a youth. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Sheikh Dhu'l-Nun, accompanied by followers, addressing a youth who kneels before him in a landscape. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manusc...
Editorial Execution of a thief. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. Sultan Muhammad ibn Malikshah (d.1117) looking at a thief hanging. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers'). Image...
Editorial An execution before a king. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. An execution before a king. The criminal is being hung head downwards (illustration to the biography of Sheikh Adhuri). A miniature painting from a sixteen...
Editorial Shaykhzada 'Umar with pupils. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Shaykhzada 'Umar instructing five pupils in a landscape. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemb...
Editorial Hakim Sana'i riding a mule. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Hakim Sana'i, riding a mule, encounters a shepherd with his flock and a young horseman outside a building. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century ma...
Editorial Sultan Jalal al-Din Malikshah. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Sultan Jalal al-Din Malikshah with two attendants visiting a nomad's encampment, being greeted by the tribesman. A miniature painting from a sixteenth c...
Editorial Worshippers at the Kaaba. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. The Kaaba surrounded by worshippers; a young man fallen in a faint before it (illustrating the biography of Sutan Ibrahim Adham). A miniature painting from a...
Editorial Decorated opening page. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. An opening page with decorated text, an illuminated heading and marginal hunting imagery from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assem...
Editorial The sultan holding court. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. The sultan holding court. Among those present is a young man seated bareheaded, holding a sheathed sword (illustration to the biography of Sultan Muhammad b....
Editorial Imam Ja'far Sadiq and al-Hasan. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Imam Ja'far Sadiq (haloed) embracing the youthful al-Hasan in a landscape, surrounded by several onlookers. A miniature painting from a sixteenth centu...
Editorial The sultan shocked. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. The sultan, with a gesture of astonishment, enters a chamber where a bearded man and a youth are sleeping embraced (illustration to the biography of Sultan Muhamma...
Editorial Sheikh Abu Sa'id and a youth. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Sheikh Abu Sa'id conversing with a young man in a landscape, with bystanders on either side. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of ...
Editorial Khusraw Dihlawi and a prince. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Amir Khusraw Dihlawi baring his arm before an enthroned prince. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The...
Editorial Decorated frontispiece. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. One half of an illuminated double-page frontispiece from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers'). Image taken fr...
Editorial Dervishes dancing. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Dervishes dancing in a courtyard with musicians and a young man watching from a doorway. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-...
Editorial Yusuf before Zulaykha. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Yusuf, haloed and bearing a ewer on a tray, enters from the left before Zulaykha and her maids who, overwhelmed by his beauty, cut their fingers. A miniature pa...
Editorial Tavern scene. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Sheikh Zhandapil and a youth drinking with others, in a tavern. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'Ushahaq ('The Assemblies of the L...
Editorial Mansur al-Hallaj (d.922) being hanged. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. Source: Or. 11837, f.48v. Language: Persian.
Editorial Sultan Pir Budaq weeping. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. The sultan, attended, weeping on a riverbank as a young man struggling in the water among fish, drowns (illustration to the biography of Sultan Pir Budaq). A...
Editorial Four youths outdoors. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Four youths in a landscape, water in the foreground in which fish are swimming (probably an illustration to the biography of Sultan Mahmud b. Sabuktagin). A mini...
Editorial Shams i Tabriz and dervishes. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Shams i Tabriz on horseback and a companion on a mule. encountering dervishes in a landscape. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of...
Editorial Courtly entertainment. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. One half of a double-page miniature showing a court scene with dancing girls and musicians. From a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The...
Editorial Lady observing a youth. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. A lady on the roof of a building making the gesture of astonishment, contemplates a youth asleep under a tree below (illustration to the biography of Shah Qays...
Editorial Mawlana Jami and a prince. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Mawlana Jami and a young prince conversing in a landscape, surrounded by several companions. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the...
Editorial Muhammad Tabadkani (d.1486) dancing with dervishes. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. Source: Or. 11837, f.152. Language: Persian.
Editorial Solomon enthroned. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Solomon enthroned, attended by two angels, a demon, his vizier Asaf and a youthful courtier. He is approached by the Queen of Sheba wading in a stream. A miniature ...
Editorial Sultan Husayn Aflati seated. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Sultan Husayn Aflati seated with young men on a terrace and observed by a prince at an upper window. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscr...
Editorial Jalal al-Din Rumi in a bazaar. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Jalal al-Din Rumi and youthful companions in the bazaar. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assem...
Editorial Party of seated men. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Men seated in an interior watched by a doorkeeper and two ladies in an upper window (illustrating the biography of Qasim al-Anwar). A miniature painting from a si...
Editorial Pahlawan Mahmud wrestling. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Pahlawan Mahmud wrestling before an enthroned prince. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemblies o...
Editorial A lady before a young prince. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. A young prince seated in a garden by a stream approached by a young lady and her maid (illustration to the biography of Shah Qaysar). A miniature paintin...
Editorial Decorated opening page. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. An opening page with decorated text and marginal hunting imagery from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers'). I...
Editorial Dervishes dancing. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Mawlana Muhammad Tabadkani and dervishes dancing to music in a courtyard. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The ...
Editorial Hafiz in an assembly. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Hafiz in an assembly in a courtyard watched by a king and two ladies from a balcony. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'...
Editorial Sheikh Sa'di bathing. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Sheikh Sadi at a public bath. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers'). Image taken f...
Editorial Sultan Babur with his tutor. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. The young Sultan Babur on a terrace with his tutor and two attendants. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq...
Editorial Mawlana Lutf Allah of Nishapur (d.1384) watching hailstones break his wine bottle. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. Source: Or. 11837, f.125. Language: Persian.
Editorial The Prophet and his successors. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. The Prophet with 'Ali, Abu Bakr, Husayn and Hasan. An eighteenth century North-Indian style miniature painting added to a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'ushshaq ('T...
Editorial Dervish dying in a bazaar. Majalis al-'ushshaq. Shiraz, Iran, c.1560. Farid al-Din 'Attar (d.1230) looking at the dervish who died in the bazaar. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lo...
Editorial Sheikh Mansur Hallaj hanged. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Sheikh Mansur Hallaj hanged and stoned. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers...